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Bloody Times in Blanco County
[From Hunter's Frontier Times Magazine, August, 1929]
J. C. Goar, Johnson City, Texas.
I HAVE NOT SEEN much Blanco county early history in Frontier Times, so I will write a ...
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Tom Caraway—Pioneer - By Mary E. Kelley, Beaumont, Texas
Tom Caraway—Pioneer
By Mary E. Kelley, Beaumont, Texas
[From Hunter's Frontier Times Magazine, April, 1934]
ADVENTURE LIKE a theme song, runs through the story of Tom Caraway 's life. Sitting ...
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Founding of San Saba County - Alma Ward Hamrick
[From Hunter's Frontier Times Magazine, April, 1934]
THE EIGHTIETH anniversary of the founding of San Saba county is being commemorated by San Sabans during 1934 in a series of programs, articles written ...
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Swapped His Beard for Indian Scalps
Milam County came in for a share of the Indian depredations during the days the Indian depredations preceding the Civil War, and many settlers lost their lives at the hands ...
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DOT BABB, INDIAN CAPTIVE PASSES ON
[This fascinating and tragic account is from Hunter's Frontier Times Magazine, November, 1936]
ON AUGUST 10, 1936, there passed away at his home in Amarillo, Texas, Theodore Adolphus Babb, better known to ...
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CAPTAIN MARSH'S COMPANY B, TEXAS RANGERS
[From J. Marvin Hunter's Frontier Times Magazine, April, 1929]
We are indebted to Mr. John Hoffer, of San Angelo, for the accompanying photographs of members of Captain Marsh's Company ...
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Capture and Escape of Mrs. Shegog
Capture and Escape of Mrs. Shegog
H. G. Bedford
From Hunter's Frontier Times Magazine, August, 1927
SINCE beginning to write a history of the Indian troubles, Mr. and Mrs. Gray ...
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1884 - BOY MAKES LONE TRIP - J. W. Caruthers
By J. W. Caruthers, San Antonio, Texas.
[from Frontier Times Magazine, March, 1935]
Fifty years ago last August, in 1884, I was working on the Matador Ranch in Motley county. I went ...
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AN EPISODE OF RECONSTRUCTION DAYS
[from Frontier Times Magazine, March, 1935]
Frank M. Edwards, San Antonio, Texas
IN 1886, I LIVED on a ranch in Goliad county about 10 miles from Goliad. At the time the country was ...
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EMILY, THE INDIAN SQUAW
By Buren Sparks
[Romance, heartache, heroism, & martyrdom make up this riveting account - from Hunter's Frontier Times Magazine, January, 1940]
The above title is the crude, trite inscription printed upon ...
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Sherman Cyclone Wrought Havoc - H. L. Piner
Sherman Cyclone Wrought Havoc 36 Years Ago
H. L. Piner
[Due to approaching tornado season in Texas, we thought the following account, from J. Marvin Hunter's Frontier Times, August, 1932 would ...
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A BAKERY OF PIONEER DAYS
Fascinating history of Fredericksburg and of a very special pioneer bakery.
From Hunter's Frontier Times Magazine, March, 1934
By Esther Mueller, Fredericksburg, Texas
THE BROAD MAIN street of Fredericksburg, which ...
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Washington-on-the-Brazos in Texas History
From J. Marvin Hunter's Frontier Times Magazine, March, 1940Washington-on-the-Brazos in Texas HistoryBy Webb L. Moore, San Marcos, TexasWashington, Texas, known in history as Washington-on-the-Brazos, is located in Washington county, Texas, ...
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Early Gillespie County, TX History - Heroines of the Hills
From January, 1941 Hunter's FRONTIER TIMES MAGAZINE article "Heroines of the Hills" by T.U. Taylor
GILLESPIE COUNTY
Gillespie county has a unique history in comparison with the other counties of ...
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Early Hays County, TX History.
Very early HAYS COUNTY TEXAS history
From Hunter's FRONTIER TIMES MAGAZINE, Feb., 1941
Part of the series "Heroines of the Hills" by T.U. Taylor
We are compelled for the sake ...
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